The Anaheim Ducks recalled right wing Devante Smith-Pelly from the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League on Monday.

Smith-Pelly, 21, appeared in four games for Norfolk this season and scored two goals with a plus-2 rating. He played in six preseason games for the Ducks and had three points with eight penalty minutes.

Who's hungry?

MasterChef contestant Jessie Lysiak (@MC4Jessie), will join NHL Live for the entire two hours on Tuesday, Oct. 15 to cook up some hockey-themed meals.

The daughter of former NHL player Tom Lysiak has created a special dish for each division in the League. Use #NHLDivisionMeals to guess what Jessie will make and tune in to the NHL Network on Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. ET to find out which four dishes she's come up with.

The Carolina Hurricanes placed goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve Monday with a lower-body injury and recalled goalie Justin Peters from the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL) on an emergency basis.

Khudobin was injured after taking an awkward spill in the Hurricanes' 5-3 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes on Sunday at PNC Arena.

An afternoon treat on Columbus Day, as the Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings face off in an Atlantic Division game. NHL Live, at 5 p.m. ET on NHL Network, will have full highlights and get you ready for the other two games tonight between the Edmonton Oilers and Washington Capitals and the Minnesota Wild and Buffalo Sabres.

Also, the great Doc Emrick will be joining us for a preview of the Sabres and Wild on NBCSN. Back in my days as a student at Bowling Green State University, I once stumbled upon his lengthy doctoral dissertation at Jerome Library profiling all of the broadcasters in Major League Baseball in 1973. The nearly two-inch thick hard-bound book was covered in dust, but had the feel of finding a buried treasure. With that fine work as a doctoral student of BGSU, the "Doc" nickname was officially born. On Monday, the Wild begin a four-game road trip against the winless Sabres.

Remember to submit your #AskEJ questions through Twitter via @NHLNetwork or @EJHradek_NHL, and join the conversation on Twitter as we ask you to pick the game of the night.

BUFFALO -- Jason Pominville's return to his former home to play against his former team, the Buffalo Sabres, will get all the attention Monday, but both teams have some notable moves to be made in their lineups.

One player returning for Buffalo is defenseman Henrik Tallinder, and he offered a unique perspective on Pominville's return to Buffalo as an opponent.

"I think we all go through it at some point in our career," Tallinder said. "I think it's more him getting back to his old building where he has played for so many years. I remember when I got back here [as a member of the New Jersey Devils], it's always like a boost or you get a little bit more jacked up because it's your old building.

"He's a good player, he's a great player. It's always going tough to play against him, but after you practice against him for so long you learn his weakness and what his strong suit is," Tallinder said with a smile.

Out in the Western Conference this season we see the usual suspects like the Chicago Blackhawks, the San Jose Sharks and the St. Louis Blues among the leaders in the standings. But through five games there's one surprise team that's right there with them, and it's the Colorado Avalanche. After struggling the last few seasons this kind of 5-0-0 start is unexpected, but I think they're for real.

If you look at their goaltending, Semyon Varlamov's numbers have been fantastic, but even when he gets a night off Jean-Sebastien Giguere comes in to play one game and is awesome. The Avalanche have a backup goaltender that's won the Conn Smythe Trophy. Not many teams have that in hockey. Then you look at their defense. This was supposed to be their weakest link, but it's been very good so far. Everyone knew Colorado's forwards would score, but the defense and goaltending were expected to be weaknesses and they've actually been their strengths. Add that to their sheer talent up front after all the high draft picks they've had, and throw in what Patrick Roy has brought to the team as coach, and you've got a 5-0-0 record.

The Avalanche can score, but if it's a low-scoring game, they've now got the goaltending to compete and defensively they're committed. When you've drafted as high as the Avs have for as long as they have, you know you've got talent on your team. Next to the Edmonton Oilers, the Avs have had the highest picks in the NHL over the past five years and now that roster has Nathan MacKinnon, Paul Stastny, Matt Duchene and Gabriel Landeskog on it, and don't forget Erik Johnson was a No. 1 pick by St. Louis. This team was always going to be talented, but it takes someone to bring that talent out. That's where Roy has come in. Roy has done a great job and you've got to give him the credit for this turnaround. When you look at this team vs. who was on the roster a year ago, the only real difference aside from drafting Nathan MacKinnon is Roy. He's come in and demanded work ethic, he's demanded preparation, he's demanded commitment to winning and he's getting all those things.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Adam Oates did not want to be yelled at.

Throughout his Hall-of-Fame playing career, the Washington Capitals coach preferred to be taught, not berated after poor performances, a philosophy that has carried over to his coaching career.

"If I showed up for work and we lose, I don't want to be yelled at. I want to be coached," Oates said Sunday. "Tell me the truth. If you think I played a bad game, that's fine, but tell me the truth. Don't make something up because then I lose faith in you.

"I don't want to be that guy. I do not want to tell them a lie. I'll tell them when I think they make mistakes, but I'm not going to lie to them, no way, because I think guys see through that too. Maybe they come in expecting to be yelled at because we lost; it's just not my style."

Considering Washington's uninspiring 1-4-0 start, Oates would not have been criticized -- perhaps he would have been lauded -- for chastising his players, but that simply is not who he is.

Jonas Gustavsson is in goal Monday for the Detroit Red Wings against the Boston Bruins, making his season debut in place of Jimmy Howard.

According to MLive.com, Howard injured his hand making a save during the Red Wings' 5-2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.

Gustavsson sustained a groin injury late in training camp that kept him out until Oct. 11, when he was activated off injured reserve.

Nail Yakupov, the first pick of the 2012 NHL Draft, will be a healthy scratch for the second straight game, Edmonton Oilers coach Dallas Eakins said Monday, ahead of his team's game against the Washington Capitals.

"I really liked our group of forwards last game," Eakins told reporters in Washington. "There was absolutely nobody there that deserves to come out. So we'll stick with the same group and that's the challenge of the player. Not just for [Yakupov], for all of our guys. It's such a privilege to play in this League and you want to give everything you have every night so you never end up like Wally Pipp."

Pipp was a first baseman for the New York Yankees who famously missed a game and was replaced by Lou Gehrig in the starting lineup. Gehrig went on to set a record for consecutive games played.

The Minnesota Wild on Monday recalled goaltender Darcy Kuemper from Iowa of the American Hockey League for the second time in the past four days.

With No. 1 goalie Niklas Backstrom ailing due to a knee strain, Kuemper was recalled Oct. 10 and served as Josh Harding's backup in a 5-1 defeat of the Dallas Stars on Saturday.

Kuemper was then returned to Iowa, but with Backstrom apparently still not ready to dress for the Wild's game Monday against the Buffalo Sabres, the 23-year-old is back again. He was 1-2-0 with a 2.08 goals-against average and .916 save percentage in six games last season.